Strictly Discs in Wisconsin, in a Pandemic: 'I Try to Remind Myself Everything is a Small Step Towards Progress'

CHICAGO -- Protesters have defaced and torn down statues of historic figures during recent demonstrations against racial injustice in cities across the nation. Most of those pieces have explicit links to colonialism, slavery and the Confederacy, including imagery of Christopher Columbus and former U.S.

Wisconsin is a strange place. Take it from me, an actual resident of the Midwestern state.

Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus pandemic. The entertainment company on Monday announced “Live from the Drive-In” — a set of nine shows to take place July 10-12 in Nashville, Tennessee; Maryland Heights, Missouri; and Noblesville, Indiana.

Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a career in the biomedical research field to pursue his love of music full time. Nearly 31 years later, the couple made the difficult decision to shutter in-store operations due to COVID-19, roughly a week before Governor Tony Evers forced a mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses.

Casting close calls are endlessly fascinating. What would have happened if Tom Selleck starred in “Indiana Jones?” Or Will Smith as Neo in “The Matrix?” Film fans love to debate what could have been almost as much as what was.

It's been more than a year since Avengers: Endgame was finally unveiled for fans to consume, cheer and cry over. For once in his life, Steve Rogers decided to be selfish and find his own happy ending as he travelled between dimensions, returned the Infinity Stones to its original place and got married to the love of his life, Peggy Carter, in an alternative timeline.

femmetón singer-songwriter La Doña's new album, Algo Nuevo, dropped March 12 via Human Re Sources just as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S.

David Robb Labor EditorTrustees of the DGA-Producer Pension and Health Plans have approved another three months of premium-free COBRA for participants whose earned active health coverage is set to end on September 30.

Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down -- his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month, and massive productions like December's Trail of Lights in Austin are in question, too.

Onward and upward. In a new interview, Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas opened up about finding herself in the wake of their 2014 split.

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When the concert business shut down in mid-March, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down -- his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month, and..

Two days after a country music festival in northern Wisconsin got the green light to hold four days of concerts expected to attract thousands, organizers canceled the event.The Hodag Country Festival in Rhinelander won approval from the Oneida County public safety committee on Tuesday, overcoming opposition from the public and the county health department.

In October 1988, Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a career in the biomedical research field to pursue his love of music full time. Nearly 31 years later, the couple made the difficult decision to shutter in-store operations due to COVID-19, roughly a week before Governor Tony Evers forced a mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses.

(CNN)The coronavirus pandemic has closed retail shops, schools and so much more. But in Bloomington, Indiana, Middle Way House, a shelter for survivors of domestic violence, has stayed open with help from its dedicated staff and volunteers, which includes Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg and his wife, Anna Strout.

Emerging Mexican-American femmetón singer-songwriter La Doña's new album, Algo Nuevo, dropped March 12 via Human Re Sources just as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S. Concerts, festivals and other large gatherings across the country were canceled, including her planned South by Southwest debut, interrupting her.